Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-05-07

tlue is very lmpOTCanG, ana Jnece should
at all times be work enough to. prevent
the muscles from becoming weakened
by disuse. Unless horses. have some
work in winter the fat they then put on
will do them little good, besides the GER
tainty that the shoulders will gall when
the horses are put to hard pulling.
KEEPING FERTILIZERS IN STOCK.
Team help is too valuable at seeding
time to stop the team and take a mans
time for a day to draw a load of phos-
phate which might just as well be drawn
before the busy season opens. Farm
ers who use phosphate should make an
estimate of the amount they need OF
can afford, and draw it early, SO as to
have ready when needed. If kept dry
it will not deteriorate, but rather i'm
prove, by keeping over oneyear.
CHAT FOR TEE WEEK.
When the coat of a gray horse is
stained in the stable use a sponge moist
ened with warm water.
Try a patch of oats and peas for fod-
Ger. A bushel of peas to two of oats
WI do for an acre, though many give a
heavier seeding.
The most transparent lie used by the
devil for the promotion of vice is that
gambling is necessary to seimprove the
breed of horses
In planting your grape and currant
cuttings see that the earth is pressed
firmly about them, particularly at their
base. This is essential.
A Texas man writes that he is success
fully feeding his cattle on cactus in con-
nection with cottonseed meal. Heruns
the cactus through a cutter.
Beef cattle are twenty-five to fifty
cents lower in the Chicago yards than
one year ago, and rather more than that
much lower than on the corresponding
in 1885.
A correspondent OF the Country
Gentleman put essence of peppermint
in hive of robber bees SO that the
burglars could be detected by their
smell, and were not able to slip in with
out observation.
Mr.. HunniWel, whose beautiful
grounds near Wellesley, Mass, are
visited by people from all parts of the
country who are interested in ornamen-
tai trees and planting, has given the
town ten acres of land for public park.
One advantage that the soil derives
from well rotted organic manure
besides the plant food which it brings
is that it furnishes the best of breeding
places for those microscopic. growths
which, as is now known, are the NOV
ing cause of notification.
Dry sawdust absorbs SO much LIQUID
(three times its own weight) that it
makes the best OF bedding for COW
stables, but for this very reason it's use
in horse stables is sometimes coDdem-
ned. because it is said to make the
horses hoofs dry and brittle.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Never have a sink under awindow if
you can avoid it.
Keep lemons in a jar of water, to be
renewed every few days.
Moisture is the greatest enemy of the
piano, and it cannot be too carefully
guarded against.
Hard soap should be kept in dry
place several weeks before using. It
will last much longer.
Never have dark furniture for the
kitchen; it shows dust much more than
light and requires double the care.
Donot use cracked dishes; they absorb
oils or fats from different kinds of food
which render them unwholesome.
Ingram carpets need to be shaken
oftener than Brussels, az FROM their
more open weave the dust percolates
through them.
Orange pie Take the juice and pulp
OF two large sour oranges and the gra-
ted rind of one, a cup of sugar, one egg,
a coffee cup of water and two spoonfuls
of rice flour; mix these ingredients and
bake with two crusts, making the paste
very rich.
Lemon pie Express the juice from
two lemons, then chop the peel and
pulp fine, after removing the seeds;
beat an egg well, add tWo-thirds Of a
cup Of flour stirred into three cups of
water, two and one-half cups of sugar;
mix all together, and ELL three pies.
Bake with two crusts.
Mr.. T. J. Murphy, 81 Debuvoice
Place, Brooklyn, N. X, says: 81 was
afflicted with sciatic rheumatism and
found ST. Jacobs oil very eficacious.
A Sorrowful Fact.